security-checklist

A pre-deployment security checklist verifies baseline requirements for web applications before shipping, ensuring authentication, input validation, secrets management, and network controls are addressed to reduce risk from common misconfigurations.

Audit secrets management and authentication hygiene by checking that passwords are securely stored, sessions are protected, secrets are excluded from code and logs, and environment variables are used for configuration.

This pre-deployment audit covers input validation and database security by confirming server-side validation, safe outputs, proper data handling, and baseline database protection controls are in place before deployment.

You can use this security checklist during code reviews, deployment pipelines, and security reviews to identify baseline weaknesses and track remediation when preparing a web application for production.

Verify HTTPS, TLS, and access controls by confirming network data protection measures are active, ensuring encrypted connections and proper access restrictions are configured before the deployment goes live.

A compliance and auditing baseline check is needed when responding to vulnerability concerns or preparing for production, aligning common security expectations and enabling remediation tracking for the web application.